Licensed clinical psychologist in Arlington, VA, US. :: I provide individual psychotherapy with adults and write about stillbirth trauma, loss, recovery, and healing. dramybowers.com
Amy M. V. Bowers, PhD
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“My advice to anyone offering their sympathies to someone who has suffered pregnancy loss is not to try to put any kind of positive spin on it. Any sentence that starts with ‘At least…’ is definitely best left unsaid.”
Amy M. V. Bowers, PhD
Buried in this news are 10,500 cases of congenital #rubella syndrome. The classic triad is cataracts, cardiac malformations and deafness. Other problems with rubella during pregnancy include stillbirth and miscarriage.
#MedSky + #IDSky + #ObGynSky.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/prec...
Kevin Ault
The biopsychosocial–spiritual impact on non-clinical health professionals who interact with traumatic and/or sensitive health data: A scoping review
Melanie Tassos, Lindsay Carey, Stephanie Gjorgioski, Brad Hodge & Merilyn Riley
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Not only do I grieve for my baby and the person they could have been, but for the person I was before I was forced to live without them. This feeling is one I’ll take to my deathbed, and it’s my life’s work to make peace with it."
Join MARCH & the @isastillbirth.bsky.social for a seminar exploring @unicef.org’s new report, Standing up for Stillbirth.
Stakeholders from across the globe will discuss the latest data and report findings, as well as the key next steps for action.
Info 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Meet @amandarosswhite.bsky.social. Amanda lost her sons Nate and Sam to #stillbirth in 2007. She now teaches nurses to care
with empathy and evidence.
Amanda's work reminds us that respectful care changes everything.
#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
I choose to talk about my experience because #stillbirth cannot be tiptoed around or whispered about as “unimaginable.” Babies are #stillborn at alarming rates worldwide. It is a public health crisis. Parents are grieving and traumatized. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures
Amy M. V. Bowers, PhD
Pregnancy Loss Research Group
#Stillbirth is a public health crisis & a deeply personal tragedy.
@mvkinney.bsky.social shares one such tragedy & why she has worked for 15+yrs with parents, advocates & changemakers to #BreakTheSilence and end preventable #stillbirths.
#IamISA #EndStillbirths ##HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
Amy M. V. Bowers, PhD
Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM
International Stillbirth Alliance
International Stillbirth Alliance
My newest on @slate.com all about an Iowa Catholic Hospital's belittling of unborn life (stillbirth at 36 weeks) in an attempt to reduce its medmal damages.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
“I first learned about stillbirth at the time that I had one”
@dramybowers.bsky.social - a psychologist and bereaved mother - shares how denial and silence surround #stillbirth.
She’s breaking the #stigma.
#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures
Video
International Stillbirth Alliance
Jill Wieber Lens
📢 Did you know?
The International Stillbirth Alliance has joined the @who.int campaign #HealthyBeginnings, #HopefulFutures with its own year-long global effort for #stillbirth.
This campaign is called #IAmISA.
Catch up on all the posts so far at @isastillbirth.bsky.social
#EndStillbirths
